My rags to riches, weight loss, yummy mummy stuff and 'owt else i can think of diary!

mummy2mygirls

try not to feel to bad rags! it would be silly to keep spending money on a car thats not worth it and then had to get a new one anyway!! i am sure you will be able to find the extra:) good luck xxxx

and i hope ds2 loved his party......

ragstoricheswannabe

I cant believe my baby is 1 today!!!!!!! this year has gone so fast.....feel like ive blinked and missed it all!!!!!

ds2 has so many new toys he doesnt quite no what to do with himself, and ds1 not helping as taking toys off him to play with (even though he has got a new game as a pressie too) and has already had to have "time out" in his room this morning!!!!

the weather is actually quite nice today so hoping to get plenty of washing done and out on the line. going to use some of ds2's birthday money to get him his first pair of proper trainers now he is walking!!!! if the weather holds up then we can walk across town...........free exercise and hopefully will wear ds1 out. (really dont know where he gets his energy from)

payday again in 2 weeks but seems to a long month this month, need, need, need to get listing on ebay!!!!!!! does anyone know if there are any fre listing days of anything coming up??? if its free it might spur me on to list as much as possible.

right, am off for a whilst the boys are playing nicely.
love rags
xxxxxxx

mummy2mygirls

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ds2

hope he has a lovely day,it does go far to quick!!

I got a email saying to celebrate there 10 anniversary in the uk they were not having any insertion fees for 10 days from the 22nd so all this week...

x

ragstoricheswannabe

All this week?!?!?! now i really have to get listing!!!!

Pips_Mum

Ds2 x x

ragstoricheswannabe

I am still here and reading but not much going on my end as its the end of the month. Just waiting for OH's overtime to come in and that will take the egg1 card under £1k!

and then it will be my payday soon!!!! so can make a small overpayment. Will find out hopefully how much my childcare will be next month by the end of this week, not sure if the car payments start next month, if not then will put the extra we would have paid to the egg1 cc. thinking it will only be £100 or so but still, its £100 off the total!!!!

Think i am going to keep a tally on my grocery spends next month and may even rejoin the grocery challenge. need to feel like i am doing something towards my debts as hate feeling useless at the end of the month.

righht, am off to go and make the mince for tonights tea.......always tastes better when reheated!!!! bit like stew!

hope your all ok and dont have the end of the month blues too....
love rags
xxxxxxx

Jo_R_2

Not so much end-of-the-month blues but just waiting for maintenance from ex before I start juggling money round.

I completely understand re: car, we've had a similar conundrum with car my dad bought for us we only used for a month and it died, potentially will cost near enough same as dad bought it for to fix. We've managed to scrap two cars in past two years and had to sell one on for spares and another is sat in bits on my dad's back yard - that's what you get for buying 'cheap' cars:eek: OH wants to do what you've done and get one on finance but I've said no - however reading your situation has got me thinking now!

£100 towards card is good!

smarties84

Hi, what car do you have now? You can do your challenge hun, i no you can

ragstoricheswannabe

Hey smarties, its a mondeo st!!!! all black and shiney!!!!!! eeeeeeee, 2 more sleeps.

Well i have been a good little wifey and been batch cooking after trundling over to the old style board. Thought we had no food as such in the freezer but have defrosted loads of meat (mainly chicken) and have now got loads of meals out of it!!!! am quite impressed with myself really. have a few more recipes up my sleeve but need some different meat. found stuff that we were having for one meal will actually do us for 2 (like our tikka and sweet and sour) as long as i do a little more rice/naan with it.same with the other meals, just need to bulk it out with veg and potato............................dont know why i have never thought of this before, and now the boys (OH included) can eat good meals when im at work. This should also mean that i can put off filling the freezer for another week.

its strangley pleasing seeing all the foil trays and dishes neatly stacked up in the freezer.................................................this could become a new obbsession:o

mummy2mygirls

well done on all the bulk cooking i really need to get back into that- i always do a little but need to do more......